Glanville Hall Sea Scout Group
Aims and objectives
History of Glanville Hall
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Glanville Hall Sea Scout Group

The Glanville Hall Sea Scout Group or GHSS was established in 1965 and is located in the old Coach House adjacent to historic Glanville Hall and the Par 3 golf course in Semaphore South in the heart of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield council area.

GHSS forms part of the North Western District of the South Australian branch of Scouts Australia and has a proud history of achievement within the scouting movement.

With so much history and character, beautiful lawns, Semaphore Beach and West Lakes nearby, Glanville Hall is the perfect meeting place for adventurous sea scouts, cub scouts and joeys.

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Aims and Objectives

The fundamental aim of scouting is "... to encourage the physical, intellectual, social, emotional and spiritual development of young people so that they can take a constructive place in society as responsible citizens, and as a member of their local, national and international communities."

There are few other organisations that can provide opportunities for young people to develop such a broad range of life skills and personal attributes such as teamwork, leadership, responsibility, personal identity, dignity, self worth and respect for other people and the environment.

The Glanville Hall Sea Scout Group is committed to the scouting aim and strives to develop its youth members by providing programs of activities that are interesting, challenging, educational, developmental, safe but above all - fun!

At Glanville Hall (as with any other scout group around the world) we believe that the best way for young people to learn is to learn by doing and when its fun they really can learn a lot.

Why don't you come on board and join in the fun? We aim to make it fun for mums and dads, carers and friends and leaders too!

History of Glanville Hall

The following has been reproduced from an (unspecified) newspaper article dated 16/2/66 and succinctly describes the unique history of our wonderful surrounds:

"Glanville Hall was built in 1856 by Captain John Hart, a sailor who traded on the South Coast of Australia with sealers and settlers from 1829.

His vast knowledge of the area was called on by Colonel Light, then about to set out for Adelaide in the "Rapid".

Hart retired from the sea in 1846 after marrying Miss Margaret Todd. He built and ran the flour mill now owned by the Port Adelaide Milling Company. In 1850 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly for the district of Victoria, and later for the Port Adelaide district.

He was Premier of South Australia three times, Chief Secretary three times and Treasurer six times.

Captain Hart was granted 80 acres of land between what is now Military Road, Bower Road, Carlisle Street and Hart Street. He built Glanville Hall - with a lodge and a lofty gate with limestone ferried from Yorke Peninsula in barges.

Glanville Hall has 18 rooms, excluding pantries, cellars and atics. The domestic paved courtyard is enclosed by a huge coach house and servants quarters.

Soon after Captain Hart's death in 1873 the lands were cut to 27 acres, but the hall stayed in the Hart family until 1912 when Mag Wald took it over.

In 1925 it passed to Mr J. Anderson. Later the Church of England ran it as St. Francis House Hostel for aboriginal children, then the Commonwealth of Australia took it over - and finally it was bought by the Port Council.

It was a far-sighted move by the council to take over the property and preserve it as an historical monument, at the same time providing a future community centre."

View a little more history of Glanville Hall
Please note the quality of the linked document is poor.

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The Glanville Hall Sea Scout Group's very foundation is intricately entwined with the history of Glanville Hall.

The blue background represents the sky and the sea, both of which could be clearly seen from Glanville Hall's tower before all the surrounding buildings were erected. The sky and the sea are also both common symbols of the sea scout movement.

The yellow building clearly represents Glanville Hall, with its tower, built by Captain John Hart while the sail boat represents one of a number of boats captained by John Hart prior to commencing his political life.

The maritime connection has been continued further with many of our boats named after John Hart and his family.

Glanville Hall Sea Scouts are proudly supported by the
City of Port Adelaide Enfield